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A Call to Use FriendFeed Rooms for WWDC Keynote

In: apple|geek|web2.0

5 Jun 2008

I covered FriendFeed rooms already and I think it’s a good addition to an already successful system at FriendFeed. Yesterday, FriendFeed rolled out new features for FriendFeed rooms.

FriendFeed Blog

One of these features is pretty significant: Semi-public rooms. Semi-public rooms allow an administrator of a room to have control over the posts within a room, but the public can view and comment.

Apple Developer Connection - Worldwide Developers Conference 2008

Monday, June 9th is a big day in the Apple world: The World Wide Developers Conference, or WWDC. A common tactic in the community is to “live blog” the announcements as they happen. Sites such as Engadget, Macrumors, TUAW, and Ars Technica have become popular destinations to get the latest product announcements from Steve Jobs’ keynote at WWDC and other conferences. These sites use cool AJAX techniques as well as old school mechanisms such as IRC (which is my preference).

To all these sites who are covering WWDC and will be live-blogging, I offer this suggestion: Use FriendFeed rooms.

FriendFeed is a perfect atmosphere for promoting and elevating discussion. Your administrators can post a status update, and tons of users can comment on each update. By using semi-public rooms, you have total control over the room including moderation of comments. I feel this will change the way we follow live events. Engadget, Macrumors, Ars, TUAW, or anyone else out there who may read this, please consider using FriendFeed rooms for Monday’s keynote. You will be happy you did.

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  • http://intensedebate.com/people/eng1ne eng1ne

    Hear, hear! I think this is a fantastic idea. I will definitely be joining a WWDC liveblogging room, if there is one available. If not, I guess I will head over to Engadget or Gizmodo like I have the last few years.

  • http://intensedebate.com/people/bwana18751 bwana18751

    I'll find some IRC channel coupled with a couple of the websites. I really hope someone takes on FriendFeed rooms. It'll make things so much more dynamic.

  • Ryan Block

    I'd certainly consider it, but unfortunately someone's squatting on the Engadget name in FriendFeed, and the FriendFeed people won't respond.

  • http://intensedebate.com/people/bwana18751 bwana18751

    Sweet Ryan. Thanks for commenting I hate squatters.

  • Mark Trapp

    Ryan, you mean this isn't you? http://friendfeed.com/engadget If it is, and you're talking about the room "engadget," rooms can't have the same name as a username.

  • http://intensedebate.com/people/bret_taylo42981 bret_taylo42981

    We are giving the nickname to Ryan and Engadget later today. Thanks everyone for pointing out the squatter, and sorry for the miscommunication, Ryan.

  • http://intensedebate.com/people/eng1ne eng1ne

    Hear, hear! I think this is a fantastic idea. I will definitely be joining a WWDC liveblogging room, if there is one available. If not, I guess I will head over to Engadget or Gizmodo like I have the last few years.

  • http://intensedebate.com/people/bwana18751 bwana18751

    I'll find some IRC channel coupled with a couple of the websites. I really hope someone takes on FriendFeed rooms. It'll make things so much more dynamic.

  • Ryan Block

    I'd certainly consider it, but unfortunately someone's squatting on the Engadget name in FriendFeed, and the FriendFeed people won't respond.

  • http://intensedebate.com/people/bwana18751 bwana18751

    Sweet Ryan. Thanks for commenting I hate squatters.

  • Mark Trapp

    Ryan, you mean this isn't you? http://friendfeed.com/engadget If it is, and you're talking about the room "engadget," rooms can't have the same name as a username.

  • http://intensedebate.com/people/bret_taylo42981 bret_taylo42981

    We are giving the nickname to Ryan and Engadget later today. Thanks everyone for pointing out the squatter, and sorry for the miscommunication, Ryan.

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